Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-22
|DIYfUIBUTIoN OF. REWARDS"
Talmage's Discourse Last
Sunday Morning
Shall Divide the Spoil With the Strong

|RooKLYN, Jan. 9-The opening nymn ~
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning begins:
20. could speak the matchlcss worth!
o, could sound the glores forth
which In my Saviour sinner
y Talmage explained some Of the prophe-
before giving out the hymn aud then
kched on the subject distribution OF ke-
Ia. taking his text from Isaiah ILL., IL:
shan divide the spoil with the strong"
Talmsge spoke as follows:
n family, who saw it with their own eyes
before last, tell me that In the Coliseum
Rome. where prosecutors used TO let out the
k-stsryed lions to eat up Christians, there
low planted the figure Of the cross. And /
kice TO know that the upright piece OF wood
he'd TO the transverse piece has become the
IDOL, not more OF suffering than Of victory.
. Of Christ the Conquerer that my text
hka As kingly warrior, having subdued
bmpIre, might divide the palaces, and man
Ia and cities, and valleys, and mountains
ona bis officers, 90 Christ Is going to divide
mi the earth, and all the heavens, among
nsople, and you and will have to take our
q Il We are strong in faith and strong In
Christian loyalty, for my text declares II:
3 shall divide the spoil with the strong"
BE capture Of this round planet for Christ
.ot 20 much Of . Job as you might imagine
b the church takes of its coat and rolls up
lseves for the work, Il will. There are sixteen
dred millions " people now In the world, and
- are four hundred and fifty million
esfisns Subtract the four hundred and
Ch.,.,,an. from the siY-
mmsonss VINO arc oni'' .. a'.uon
hundred millions, ana tnere are eevn
qrc1 ana MY MUNYON'S ,e't hM ~ az and ar
nov ais .s , sne e hrndrsd and fiftv mil
uuIlous oy tne Tour hunoIeu anu =. nv nnir
y already Christianlzed, ana II makes onis
Dnty ave Ieople for eacn Cnristian 70 oL.hS
Christ Surely when the churcn gets nlue
ne no Christian will be content 70 TAKE "
wen less than twenty nve- why, inoPe W
y With me az least ten tnousanu- hn s.
nEelists that have aireaoy gaynereu my
uean0 each Tor the HI Suom Ine,e ue o.
. two hundred Thousand men IN NnrS Ns1s
wnose one business IL -. !" n saw % av'
that when tell you all tnat We neeu W s'
went ave sous IeaPea 'n ~. uvu 49,
&tDe, al idea OF impossiDii,ty Vanisaes
t1is cmnipotent crusaae kny ne.
ooen-ocnooi tescner VINO nss spSn' noi III .a
- teacninS tne young, ANU suo nHe nau
dl6 rent classes during All THESE .esrs,
- tells me they averaged aoou' even IN ~
rn4 and they were All conVerteo' anI use
~ eevca are tnirty,nve, rs neaI a. e. oaS
QIate She brought nef twen.y-hse ahc
een 70 spare NY grahamJS.ner snS Ss,
Whole family into tne Nhgu0m, anu nci
H4cnidren, ana, 4 nooe, All nc, s",
16cb1dren, for God remembers prayer
enty-nve years ola a. wen as .nousu Az !"
ninutei ana sne s9os , ne bn9drsS
NJ Kingdom, ana nau ~ ieas. nuu S &c. ~
poye Besides that, the teiegrapn anu .ei
Dooe wnl within lew years, put 'ne Hn9ie
INTO compass Oh zen tninu.es- Sons.u
~ and also tnat Onnipotenee, aI.
nNcience, and omnipresence res,u,'
~ the WORK Oh oessen ~,
VII take TINS enterpr,se oi w
glQs redemption OUT OF sne Impossi
fice INTO the possiphitles, anu tnen ous ~
poeaDanties INTO dne prooaon,.les, anu ,ne,
- the prooaDilues Into .ne GeI.a,n luz
ouuoing OF the Onioh acinc ioau tiou
~ 70 ocean Was greater unue - ssnin n
- ne g1rdlfng OF the eartn WIN lne uosPei
ne one enterprise uepehoeo upon VI
n9 arm WINE tns olner oePenuS upo
fznflnssa
q reeuy mean All tne ear.h wiz SUI i. enIe
Cnr1sts les how ABOUT the unIn ,,1
ooet VIII ureenianu NC esnsetto '.
possibility Is thar after Ie" more nu !.
q brave lives are dssned OUT amonS ~
ofE1 That great reirlgerator, tue Ton y,
- VIII DC gwen up 70 the ~a va, anu VI
ana that the lnhsoitants wiz come uoW
1y1tau0n mo toieraDie cnnstes, vi ,noe
11e! may solten, anu, as mas oee
s1fey oemonsuateu mat tne A,eHe rex
once . blooming garden aru I.uit,'
toose regions may c9ange si'liia t0s,, ~
Nd y blooming garden anu IuI'i ,
DTOYEu
14n and American sclentlsts, tnat u
- regions were the nrst po1uons Oh :, =,
- inhabitable; the world hot beyond d
- endurance, those regions were OF cour
-! 70 DC cooi enough tor nulnan ,oo' q. a.
IA lung. II Is positively proved tnss III
49, region was tropical climate. n
~ Heer OF Luricn says Tue remains
94rs nave peen Iouno ID lne Arcuc, sn =.
wes IKE Me1lco Ior chmaCe; anu ~
~ yn'ch all the flowers descended; RI
~ wallace says the remains OF al styl
o1imai HE are found In the Arct c, inciu
those animals that can i've only IN war
lu1feA Now, that Arctic region wnH
- been oemonstrateo Dy nora, anu iaun
~ gcologicai argument 70 nave peen
" o. vegetation and lie as our rlorlo
p turned BACK 70 its original bloom q
orr wiii pe smut up as museum
Jo!als for.enriosity seekers once IN wh
WIZ But Arcuc ana Antartic 10 sol
9Ro WI belong 70 the hedeemef's realm.
Wnat About otner unproductve or rep9isl
xlonsg Al the deserts wiz Dc irrigated, !
1too VIII be forced up TO the great Americ
nj between here aud the PACING by n
1Uy now known or yet TO lie inventt
- Great Salt Lake City has no rain a
q BOT raise IN apple or bushel OF wht
11ndred years without artificial help, !
~ THROUGH such means, one rat gard
The unproductive parts Of all the cor
~ win be turned into harvest fields q
ckar1A
a half dozen De Lesseps will furnish
1Uld with al the canals needed, and '
rbonge the course Of rivers and open n
&E1, and the great Sahara Desert will be
- into farms with an astounding Yield
lshels 70 the acre. The marsh will be dra